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Old Feb 6, 2012 | 7:10 pm
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Loren Pechtel
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Originally Posted by mybodyismyown
I recommend flying out of a different airport. LAX seems to be a magnet for very serious complaints, and they have the ionizing radiation scanners with no privacy filters. A good friend of mine was strip-searched by TSA at LAX. Screener Thedala Magee raped Amy Alkon at LAX. Other incidents there include a very high incidence of thefts and agents arrested for drug smuggling.
Yeah, LAX was the airport that gave my wife a patdown because they needed to do a bag check. At least it was a pre gate-rape type patdown.
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